Stansted poised to begin £80m revamp
©Getty Stansted begins a £80m redevelopment of its terminal on Thursday in an effort to attract more passengers. Work will take place to expand the departure lounge, including more bars,…
Air France in $7bn Airbus A350 deal
Air France-KLM on Wednesday placed an order for 25 of Airbus’ new A350 passenger aircraft, in a $7bn deal that had been held up by a dispute about who services…
EasyJet agrees to buy 135 Airbus aircraft
EasyJet has decided to risk incurring the wrath of Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, its founder, by agreeing to buy 135 planes from Airbus, subject to shareholder approval. The airline said on…
Airbus confident of climbing above Boeing
The head of Airbus on Monday insisted the European company could replace Boeing as leader in the lucrative long-haul, twin-engine aircraft market, even though it is planning fewer next generation…
Indonesia: Enigmatic entrepreneur dominates domestic flights
©Reuters Dominant: a Lion Air aircraft takes off from Jakarta airport After picking up insights into the airline industry through the travel agency they ran, brothers Rusdi and Kusnan Kirana…
Environment: Industry backs moves to reduce emissions
It took more than a decade of bitter argument and diplomatic wrangling, but the world’s major airlines agreed on June 3 to take an unprecedented step: push for a global…
Consolidation: Concentration of carriers puts collapse on Europe agenda
Joint efforts: Iberia (left) merged with British Airways (centre) and American Airlines (right) is set to link up with US Airways For investors in US airlines, a near-decade of consolidation…
Passenger demand: Frills airline reflects challenge to Chinese carriers
©Reuters Private function: a Spring Airlines crew member, not part of the French maid publicity stunt, sells food to passengers on board one of the carrier’s Airbus A320s In China’s…
Airbus and Boeing battle heats up
The escalating battle between Airbus and Boeing in the lucrative long-haul passenger jet market will be laid bare at the Paris air show this week, with the two manufacturers set…
Fastjet ready for Tanzania take-off
Fastjet has moved closer to achieving its ambition of becoming the first pan-African budget airline, having gained permission to run international flights out of Tanzania to three other countries in…
IAG paves way for first dividend
International Airlines Group on Tuesday paved the way towards a maiden payout to shareholders when British Airways, its UK subsidiary, struck an agreement with the trustees to its pension schemes.…
American executives out in US Airways merger
Nearly all of the senior executives of American Airlines are due to leave the company following its forthcoming merger with US Airways. Dan Garton, the chief executive of American Eagle,…
Brussels gets tough on single airspace plan
©AFP Brussels is threatening legal action against all 27 EU member states to try and resuscitate ambitious plans to create a single European airspace that would reduce flight times and…
Airbus has Boeing in sights with A350 jet
©F. Lancelot Airbus has pledged to cut down Boeing’s lead in the lucrative long-haul passenger jet market with its planned new A350 aircraft, but also admitted it has to redouble…
Iata upgrades airline profit forecast
©Reuters The airline industry’s main representative body on Monday raised its profit forecast for carriers in 2013 because they are flying more passengers on their aircraft and benefiting from lower-than-expected…